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SurfAid International Launches Industry-Wide Relief Effort
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January 1, 2005
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(PRESS RELEASE) Launching an international effort designed to empower the global surf community to provide aid to those stricken by Asia's tsunami, relief organization SurfAid International will benefit from The Quiksilver Foundation's recently established Nias Fund, supporting the relief efforts of SurfAid and the Indies Trader Company; the first beneficiaries of the new fund. While benefiting the entire region, The Nias Fund is named for Indonesia's Nias area, a well-known surf spot which, like so many Asian communities, has been affected by this natural disaster. This campaign's goal is to generate global, cross-industry, surf-related and public support for this international tragedy. SurfAid International will be based in their Padang field office and will coordinate the relief efforts from there in collaboration with other aid organizations. The Padang office will support logistics, administration and cross-functional communication efforts. The Indies Trader -- sister boat to Quiksilver's The Crossing exploration -- will serve as SurfAid's mobile headquarters in Nias. Navigating this effort will be Indies Trader Company, principal and skipper Martin Daly, who has excellent knowledge of the regions and is best known for his skippering of Quiksilver's The Crossing that has traveled the globe serving as a research vehicle for the United Nation's Reef Check project. SurfAid is focusing efforts on their core competencies and therefore targeting the outbreak of malaria, typhoid and cholera, says SurfAid International CEO Andrew Griffiths. "We are calling out to every surf-related entity and individual across the globe to provide support for SurfAid's effort. SurfAid's team of Doctors will be stationed on the boat to provide injury and illness treatment while working to create water purification in the region." SurfAid's work in Nias will be led on site by Dr. Dave Jenkins. His team will include 3 other Doctors, a team of nurses an Indonesian malaria project manager who is a trained nurse with 25 years experience in the health sector and a staff of 6 facilitators and medical researchers, all of whom have Indonesian language skills and experience in the region, The Indies Trader brings its own water purification and independent communications systems. Along with this team, resources include mosquito nets, diagnostic equipment, water purification supplies, needles and much--needed immunizations. With SurfAid's initial funding for this effort from The Quiksilver Foundation, its plan is to engender the support of boardriding companies and concerned citizens throughout the world. The New Zealand government has committed government dollars to match those raised privately by SurfAid and the Nias Fund. TO DONATE TO THE NIAS FUND, GO TO SURF AID's WEBSITE. *** Frequently updated Surfline Message Board/News How are surfers and reefbreaks affected? *** Here is a list of other organiztions accepting donations for relief: Action Against Hunger 247 West 37th Street, Suite 1201 New York, NY 10018 212-967-7800 http://www.aah-usa.org American Jewish World Service 45 West 36th Street, 10th Floor New York, NY 10018 800-889-7146 http://www.ajws.org American Red Cross (800) HELP-NOW http://www.redcross.org/ | Through Amazon.com ADRA International 12501 Old Columbia Pike Silver Spring, MD 20904 800-424-2372 http://www.adra.org American Friends Service Committee (AFSC Crisis Fund) 1501 Cherry Street Philadelphia, PA 215-241-7000 http://www.afsc.org Catholic Relief Services PO Box 17090 Baltimore, MD 21203-7090 800-736-3467 http://www.catholicrelief.org CARE 151 Ellis Street Atlanta, GA 30503 800-521-CARE http://www.careusa.org/ Church World Service P.O. Box 968 Elkhart, IN 46515 (800) 297-1516 http://www.churchworldservice.org Direct Relief International 27 South La Patera Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93117 805-964-4767 http://www.directrelief.org Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres PO Box 2247 New York, NY 10116-2247 888-392-0392 http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org International Medical Corps 1919 Santa Monica Boulevard Suite 300 Santa Monica CA 90404 800-481-4462 http://www.imcworldwide.org International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies PO Box 372 CH-1211 Geneva 19 Switzerland 41-22-730-4222 http://www.ifrc.org/ International Orthodox Christian Charities Middle East Crisis Response PO Box 630225 Baltimore, MD 21263-0225 877-803-4622 http://www.iocc.org Lutheran World Relief PO Box 17061 Baltimore MD 21298-9832 800-597-5972 http://www.lwr.org MAP International 2200 Glynco Parkway PO Box 215000 Brunswick, GA 3121-5000 800-225-8550 http://www.map.org Mercy Corps PO Box 2669 Portland, OR 97208 800-852-2100 http://www.mercycorps.org Northwest Medical Teams PO Box 10 Portland, OR 97207-0010 503-624-1000 http://www.nwmedicalteams.org Operation USA 8320 Melrose Avenue, Ste. 200 Los Angles, CA 90069 800-678-7255 http://www.opusa.org Oxfam's Asian Earthquake / Tsunami Fund http://www.oxfamamerica.org/whatwedo/emergencies/asian_floods_2004 Plan USA 155 Plan Way Warwick, RI 02886 800-556-7918 http://www.planusa.org Pioneers (800) 755-7284 http://www.pioneers.org/ Relief International 1575 Westwood Blvd. Suite 201 Los Angeles, CA 90024 (800) 573-3332 http://www.ri.org Save the Children Asia Earthquake/Tidal Wave Relief Fund 54 Wilton Road Westport, CT 06880 800-728-3843 www.savethechildren.org Sri Lankan Disaster Relief Fund Acct. # 002013396 Victory State Bank 755 Forest Ave. Staten Island, NY 10310 http://sibv.org United Methodist Church Committee on Relief 475 Riverside Dr., Room 330 New York, NY 10115 (800) 554-8583 http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/ US Fund for UNICEF 333 East 38th Street New York, NY 10016 800-FOR-KIDS http://www.unicefusa.org USAID www.usaid.gov World Concern 19303 Fremont Ave. N Seattle, WA 98133 800-755-5022 http://www.worldconcern.org World Emergency Relief P.O. Box 131570 Carlsbad, CA 92013 (760) 930-8001 http://www.wer-us.org World Relief 7 E. Baltimore St. Baltimore, MD 21202 443-451-1900 http://www.wr.org World Vision PO Box 70288 Tacoma, Washington 98481-0288 888-56-CHILD http://www.worldvision.org |
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